These days there is a tremendous amount of interest in robotic competitions and events, both as a tool for facilitating active classroom participation, as well as for extracurricular activities. One of the biggest robotic competitions in the world is the RoboCup, which this year alone will have hosted events in Mexico, Germany, Iran, Austria, the Netherlands, Canada, Turkey and Japan. … Read More
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Well, actually, Robob’s creator – Jack O. from Denmark gets the cash for creating an awesome game called Robob. Studica announced the student contest winner of the “Robot Game Design Competition”. For this competition, Studica partnered with Unity to challenge students to create a web-based game incorporating Robots in some fashion. It was also required that the game be created … Read More
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Hungry for Brains? Well, maybe not. But are you hungry for money? Mixamo is offering $2000 in cash prizes and subscription credits for the best Zombie creation submitted to their Zombie Creation Contest. Mixamo has set the mood by revealing “The Legend of Duallahan Grove” which describes a quaint little lakeside, logging town crawling with pumpkin vines producing wonderful harvests. … Read More
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Ladies and Gentlemen – The Battle of the Finalists has begun! You decide who the winner will be. This is a close contest. We are down to two student finalists for the “Robot Games Design Competition” that is being sponsored by Unity Technologies and Studica. The competitors battling it out are Robob and Tiny Bots. Play both these great game … Read More
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Hello again folks! I’ve got student contests for you! Last time around I announced our all-new, fischertechnik Young Builders Contest 2012, especially designed as a platform for young builders from age 5 to 9 to share their unique creations with the public …and win cool fischertechnik prizes! You can find all the details on this student contest by clicking here. … Read More
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We will post all entries on StuTalk for voting. The entry with the most votes will win a fischertechnik Surprise Package, with a minimum retail value of $100!
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This year’s VEX robotics competition game, Sack Attack, involves ninety eight green Sacks and four gold Bonus Sacks, four Trough goals, four floor goals, and one high goal.
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Teachers, if you know Autodesk® Maya®, Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk® Softimage®, or Autodesk® Mudbox® student artists whose work in 3D computer graphics deserves recognition, nominate them for an Autodesk Junior Master Award.
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Ten teams participated in this year’s challenge where the competing teams were required to program a fischertechnik Robo-TX Explorer robot using the latest recently released Microsoft Robotics Development Studio 4 (that is available as a free download)
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Members of Studica’s Canadian office are currently attending the Ontario Technological Skills Competition in Waterloo, Ontario. This the largest skilled trades competition in Canada with approximately 1900 students competing.
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